扣

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kòu
Cantonese: kau3
JapaneseKun: TATAKU HIKAERU UTSU
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: KWU
Vietnamese: khấu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: knock, strike, rap, tap; button

CE-Dict: to fasten/to button/button/buckle/knot/to arrest/to confiscate/to deduct (money)/discount/to knock/to smash or spike (a ball)/to cover (with a bowl etc)/fig. to tag a label on sb

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.buttons

1.to buckle; to button; to hook up
2.a button or something similar
3.to deduct or take a cut in something to hand over

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: buckle; button; deduct; detain; smash
【機】 tie

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: buckle; button; deduct; detain; smash

湘雅醫學專業詞典: tie

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》扣牽馬也。从手口聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】扣
【唐韻】苦𠋫切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】丘𠋫切，𠀤音𡨥。擊也。【晉書·張華傳】吳郡臨平岸，出一石鼓，華曰：可取蜀中桐材，刻爲魚形，扣之則鳴矣。　又【廣韻】【正韻】苦后切【集韻】【韻會】去后切，𠀤音口。義同。　又【說文】牽馬也。　本作𢼒。通作叩。

Han-De-Dict: Loops (u.E.) (S)/abhalten, aufhalten (u.E.) (V)/abziehen, einbehalten (u.E.) (V, Wirtsch); Bsp.: 扣薪水扣薪水 -- einen Teil vom Lohn abziehen/Knopf (u.E.) (S)